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Hello All!

Nothing much to say here, except: what was no longer is. ;-]

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

The following changes since commit 131188de8df20028e2a7efaba3fdb13b6cca0aa2

json-c: bump to version 0.13 (2017-12-26 19:57:44 +0100)

are available in the git repository at:

git://git.buildroot.org/~ymorin/git/buildroot.git

for you to fetch changes up to c5906a1a469751cf2fada33321dfe6ea206ab0b9

legacy: update comment that old entries have been removed (2017-12-27 00:29:18 +0100)

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Yann E. MORIN (4):

      legacy: drop 2012.08 entries
      legacy: drop 2012.11 entries
      legacy: drop 2013.02 entries
      legacy: update comment that old entries have been removed
 Config.in.legacy | 146 ++-----------------------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 142 deletions(-)
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PATCH 1/4 legacy: drop 2012.08 entries

Those entries are older than 5 years, we can drop them now.

---
 Config.in.legacy | 35 -----------------------------------
 1 file changed, 35 deletions(-)
Config.in.legacy +0 -35
index decbaceb76..47b495667d 100644
@@ -3166,41 +3166,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PTHREAD_STUBS
 	  For consistency reason, the pthread-stubs package has been
 	  renamed to libpthread-stubs.
 
-###############################################################################
-comment "Legacy options removed in 2012.08"
-
-config BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT_STATIC
-	bool "libgettext.a is now selected by BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB"
-	select BR2_LEGACY
-	help
-	  To build a static gettext library, select BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB.
-
-
-config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBINTL
-	bool "libintl"
-	select BR2_LEGACY
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT
-	help
-	  libintl is now installed by selecting BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT. This now
-	  only installs the library, not the executables.
-
-config BR2_PACKAGE_INPUT_TOOLS_EVTEST
-	bool "input-tools evtest is now a separate package evtest"
-	select BR2_LEGACY
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_EVTEST
-	help
-	  The evtest program from input-tools is now a separate package.
-
-config BR2_BFIN_FDPIC
-	bool "BR2_BFIN_FDPIC is now BR2_BINFMT_FDPIC"
-	select BR2_BINFMT_FDPIC
-	select BR2_LEGACY
-
-config BR2_BFIN_FLAT
-	bool "BR2_BFIN_FLAT is now BR2_BINFMT_FLAT"
-	select BR2_BINFMT_FLAT
-	select BR2_LEGACY
-
 endmenu
 
 endif # !SKIP_LEGACY
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PATCH 2/4 legacy: drop 2012.11 entries

In reply to Yann E. MORIN

Those entries are older than 5 years, we can drop them now.

---
 Config.in.legacy | 36 ------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 36 deletions(-)
Config.in.legacy +0 -36
index 47b495667d..4efce8015b 100644
@@ -3130,42 +3130,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_DIRECTB_TESTS
 	  The option has been renamed
 	  BR2_PACKAGE_DIRECTFB_TESTS.
 
-###############################################################################
-comment "Legacy options removed in 2012.11"
-
-config BR2_PACKAGE_CUSTOMIZE
-	bool "customize package has been removed"
-	select BR2_LEGACY
-	help
-	  The 'customize' special package has been removed. Instead,
-	  we recommend to create either your own packages, or use a
-	  post-build script to customize your root filesystem. See
-	  Buildroot's documentation for more details.
-
-config BR2_PACKAGE_XSERVER_xorg
-	bool "X.org modular server"
-	select BR2_LEGACY
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_XSERVER_XORG_SERVER_MODULAR
-	help
-	  The option has been renamed
-	  BR2_PACKAGE_XSERVER_XORG_SERVER_MODULAR.
-
-config BR2_PACKAGE_XSERVER_tinyx
-	bool "KDrive / TinyX server"
-	select BR2_LEGACY
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_XSERVER_XORG_SERVER_KDRIVE
-	help
-	  The option has been renamed
-	  BR2_PACKAGE_XSERVER_XORG_SERVER_KDRIVE.
-
-config BR2_PACKAGE_PTHREAD_STUBS
-	bool "pthread-stubs option has been renamed"
-	select BR2_LEGACY
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPTHREAD_STUBS
-	help
-	  For consistency reason, the pthread-stubs package has been
-	  renamed to libpthread-stubs.
-
 endmenu
 
 endif # !SKIP_LEGACY
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2.11.0
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PATCH 3/4 legacy: drop 2013.02 entries

In reply to Yann E. MORIN

When we release 2018.02 at the end of this cycle, those entries will have been removed for more than five years, so we can drop them now.

---
 Config.in.legacy | 67 --------------------------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 67 deletions(-)
Config.in.legacy +0 -67
index 4efce8015b..bff85637c9 100644
@@ -3063,73 +3063,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_FIRMWARE_RTL_8712
 	help
 	  Now covers the whole Realtek 87xx familly: 8712/8723.
 
-###############################################################################
-comment "Legacy options removed in 2013.02"
-
-config BR2_sa110
-	bool "sa110 ARM target switched to strongarm"
-	select BR2_LEGACY
-	select BR2_strongarm
-	help
-	  The SA110 is the same as a generic StrongARM, it just differs
-	  in speed, peripherals and cache.
-
-config BR2_sa1100
-	bool "sa1100 ARM target switched to strongarm"
-	select BR2_LEGACY
-	select BR2_strongarm
-	help
-	  The SA1100 is the same as a generic StrongARM, it just differs
-	  in speed, peripherals and cache.
-
-config BR2_PACKAGE_GDISK
-	bool "gdisk has been replaced by gptfdisk"
-	select BR2_LEGACY
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_GPTFDISK
-	help
-	  The option has been renamed BR2_PACKAGE_GPTFDISK.
-
-config BR2_PACKAGE_GDISK_GDISK
-	bool "gdisk tool from gdisk has been replaced by gdisk in gptfdisk"
-	select BR2_LEGACY
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_GPTFDISK
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_GPTFDISK_GDISK
-	help
-	  The option has been renamed BR2_PACKAGE_GPTFDISK_GDISK.
-
-config BR2_PACKAGE_GDISK_SGDISK
-	bool "sgdisk tool from gdisk has been replaced by sgdisk in gptfdisk"
-	select BR2_LEGACY
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_GPTFDISK
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_GPTFDISK_SGDISK
-	help
-	  The option has been renamed BR2_PACKAGE_GPTFDISK_SGDISK.
-
-config BR2_PACKAGE_GDB_HOST
-	bool "gdb for the host option has been renamed"
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GDB
-	select BR2_LEGACY
-	help
-	  Due to the conversion of gdb to the package infrastructure,
-	  the BR2_PACKAGE_GDB_HOST option has been renamed
-	  BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GDB.
-
-config BR2_PACKAGE_DIRECTB_DITHER_RGB16
-	bool "DirectFB RGB16 dithering option has been renamed"
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_DIRECTFB_DITHER_RGB16
-	select BR2_LEGACY
-	help
-	  The option has been renamed
-	  BR2_PACKAGE_DIRECTFB_DITHER_RGB16.
-
-config BR2_PACKAGE_DIRECTB_TESTS
-	bool "DirectFB Tests option has been renamed"
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_DIRECTFB_TESTS
-	select BR2_LEGACY
-	help
-	  The option has been renamed
-	  BR2_PACKAGE_DIRECTFB_TESTS.
-
 endmenu
 
 endif # !SKIP_LEGACY
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PATCH 4/4 legacy: update comment that old entries have been removed

In reply to Yann E. MORIN
Cc Arnout Vandecappelle <[email protected]>
---
 Config.in.legacy | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
Config.in.legacy +4 -4
index bff85637c9..907a51ec7c 100644
@@ -135,10 +135,10 @@ comment "legacy options in the menu below. Once you have     "
 comment "disabled all legacy options, this text will         "
 comment "disappear and you will be able to start the build.  "
 comment "*                                                   "
-comment "Note: at some point in the future, the oldest legacy"
-comment "options will be removed, and configuration files    "
-comment "that still have those options set, will fail to     "
-comment "build, or run, in unpredictable ways.               "
+comment "Note: legacy options older than 5 years have been   "
+comment "removed, and configuration files that still have    "
+comment "those options set, will fail to build, or run, in   "
+comment "unpredictable ways.                                 "
 comment "----------------------------------------------------"
 endif
 
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Hello,

Quoted 5 lines · Yann E. MORIN

Yann E. MORIN (4):

      legacy: drop 2012.08 entries
      legacy: drop 2012.11 entries
      legacy: drop 2013.02 entries
      legacy: update comment that old entries have been removed

I generally agree with these changes. I'll wait a few days to see if Peter or Arnout (or anyone else) has anything against those changes, and if not, I'll apply.

Thomas

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Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
http://free-electrons.com
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"Thomas" == Thomas Petazzoni <[email protected]> writes:

Hello,

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Yann E. MORIN (4):
legacy: drop 2012.08 entries
legacy: drop 2012.11 entries
legacy: drop 2013.02 entries
legacy: update comment that old entries have been removed

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I generally agree with these changes. I'll wait a few days to see if Peter or Arnout (or anyone else) has anything against those changes, and if not, I'll apply.

I'm also fine with them.

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Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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cover legacy: drop entrioes older than 5 years

In reply to Yann E. MORIN

Hello,

Quoted 5 lines · Yann E. MORIN

Yann E. MORIN (4):

      legacy: drop 2012.08 entries
      legacy: drop 2012.11 entries
      legacy: drop 2013.02 entries
      legacy: update comment that old entries have been removed

Series applied. Thanks!

Thomas

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Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
http://free-electrons.com